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柱

zhù
noun #11,617

Meanings

  1. 1 pillar
  2. 2 column
  3. 3 post

Examples

柱子
Zhùzi
pillar; column
支柱
Zhīzhù
pillar; mainstay

Tips

memory
木 (wood) + 主 (main) — the main wooden support

Components

radical
木 mù
tree; wood
Tree radical on the left — pictograph of a tree, the indexing component. Marks 柱 as a wooden object — specifically a column or pillar, the kind of squared timber a builder would hew from a trunk. Same radical heads 桥 bridge, 桩 stake, 梁 beam — every load-bearing wooden member in classical architecture.
phonetic
主 zhǔ
host; master (here phonetic)
Right 主 supplies the sound — zhǔ to zhù, only a tone change. 主 depicts a lamp flame above a stand, the 'host of the household.' Faint semantic bonus: a 柱 column is the master member of a building, holding everything up. Same phonetic anchors 注 pour, 住 live, 驻 station.

Stroke Order

柱 zhù